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With outdoor skating season in full swing, Thunder Bay's Parks department wants to find ways to help residents enjoy the facilities longer. One option is putting a roof over some ice surfaces to keep the sun off the ice into the spring.

For the first time, The Green Room: A College Musical will hit a Canadian stage.

According to the American Fitness Professionals and Associates, only 20 per cent of the population keeps their fitness resolutions each year.

Thunder Bay’s new mayor certainly made a splash in his first year in office. Never afraid to speak his mind, the first-time mayor had plenty to say over the past 12 months, at times finding himself in hot water and on the outside looking in.

Winter’s cold weather has pushed Shelter House at or near capacity each night, but the same can’t be said for the Salvation Army’s Cumberland Street homeless residence.

An alleged stabbing in Marathon on Sunday morning has landed a Mobert, Ont. woman in jail.

Michelle Sixsmith and Mike Carneiro knew their firstborn would be special. They just didn't think she'd earn extra attention as the New Year's baby. Maya Clotilde Carneiro entered the world at 4:02 a.m.

It’s a tradition that dates back to the mid-1600s, and one that George Kearney hopes continues for the foreseeable future.

We’re doing something different with our top 10 news stories of the year. Traditionally, the tbnewswatch.com editorial staff makes a list of the news stories they believed were the year’s most important.

With only a few more hours left in 2011, most New Year’s Eve revelers will be celebrating the beginning of 2012 with family and friends. An entire year has passed and many who spoke with Tbnewswatch.